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SINK STAND 0R SHELF.

APILIOATION FILED Nov. 1a, 1907.

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SINK' STAND 0R SHELF.

APPLIUATION rILBD Nov. 19, 1907.

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SINK STAND OR SHELF.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed November 19. 1907. Serial No. 402,931.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, S SPENCER ECOLES- 'roN, a citizen of the United"tatcs of America, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in SinkStands or Shelves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to adjustable shelves or supporting devicesadapted to be used in connection with sinks for the purpose ofsupporting dishes that have been washed, while draining and for otherpurposes that may suggest themselves in this connection; a furtherobject of the invention being to provide a supporting device of thischaracter which may be readily detached and applied for a variety ofother uses, some of which will be hereinafter described and enumerated.

l/Vith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better uinierstood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the recise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theinvention may be resorted to when desired.

ln the drawings-Figure l is a perspective view showing a sink having theinvention applied thereto in osition for operation: Fig. 2 is averticalp sectional view taken through the back wall of the sink andshowing the shelf or sup orting device raised to the position occupiecwhile it is not in active use. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing theshelf or sup orting device detached and inverted and uti ized as asupport for a baking pan. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a sinkequip ed with a modified form of the improved s elf or sup ortingdevice. Fig. 5 1s a vertical sectiona view, showing the supportingdevice illustrated in Fig. 4 folded against the back wall of the sink.Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the shelf shown in Figs. l and2.

Corresponding arts in the several 'figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

The improved shelf or supporting device is especially constructed andadapted to he used in connection with a sink which may be of anysuitable construction, as shown at l in the drawings, said sink beingpreferably provided with a back wall 2, which latter, however, isnon-essential. In the iigures of the drawing the hot and cold waterhydrants 3, 4 have been shown extending through the back wall; but it isobvious that said hydrants may project or extend directly from thesupply pipes above the rear edge of the sink.

The shelf or supporting device which constitutes the present inventionis composed of a sheet 5 of woven wire netting, said sheet beingpreferably provided with longitudinal corrugations, as shown at 6, 6,for the purpose of stii'fening the same and increasingl its strength,rigidity and supporting capacity. lhe front and rear e'dges of the sheetconstituting the shelf are provided with downturned corrugated flanges7, formed at approximately right angles to the corrugations 6 andserving to still further increase the stiffness and supporting capacityof the shelf. The latter is rovided with a supporting loop or bail S,preferably formed of wire and having terminal arms 9 which are insertedthrough the meshes ofthe sheet with which the supporting bail is in thismanner pivotally or hingedly connected. This bail is made of suitabledimensions to engage and be su ported upon the hydrants 3, 4, the sidememiiers of said loop or bail being of such length that when the sheetor shelf is lowered, the outer or free edge may be supported upon thefront edge of the sink, while the rear or inner edge of the shelf willbe supported by the loo or bail in such a manner that the shelf wi beretained in an approximately horizontal position. When thus su portcd,the shelf may be advantageously used for a variety of purposes 5 dishes,pots and pans may be supported thereupon while being drained. The shelfmay be used for the purpose of supporting a dish pan wherein dishes arebeing washed or rinsed, and a variety of other uses will readily suggestthemselves to the experienced housekeeper.

It will be readily seen that when the supporting loop is placed inengagement with the hydrants, which latter are usually arrangedapproximately centrally above the sink, the shelf or sup orting devicewill occupy an approximate y central position. If

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lb lLULllLl UE LLCBLLCLL uU Duyijuiu uric Jin/u wuJw cent to one end ofthe sink, it may be found necessary or desirable to provide a back wall2 with an additional or auxiliary supporting hook, as shown at 10, thusenabling the loop or bail 8 to be placed in engagement with said Whenthe shelf or supporting device is not in active use it may be swung orfolded in an upward direction, against the back wall of the sink, asshown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When it is moved to thisposition the corrugated flanges 7 will rest in engagement with the backwall, and the body of the shelf or supporting device will besufficiently spaced from said back wall to accommodate the hydrants, aswill clearly appear by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 a shelf orsupporting device has been shown which is provided with apertures 11 forthe passage of the hydrants when the shelf is raised to an inactiveposition. In this form of the invention the corrugations of the shelfhave been omitted, and the latter has been simply provided at its frontand rear edges with downturned flanges 12 and 13, the former of whichaffords a bearing for the pivotal arms 9 of the supporting bail S.

lt will be readily understood that the improved shelf or supportingdevice is capable of a great variety of modifications in regard to thedetailed construction thereof without detracting from its utility orfrom the scope and principle of the invention. it will also beunderstood that the use of the device is not limited to its connectionwith sinks, but that it may be very readily and quickly detached andused for a variety of other purposes. Thus, for instance, the shelf inan inverted position may be supported upon the surface of a stove orrange and used for the purpose of drying the articles that may be l beinverted over a hot air register in the floor, and utilized for dryingur oses. When supported on a moderate y ot stove or range, a pancontaining dough may be placed thereupon for the purpose of raising thedough. lt may even be utilized as a toaster or broiler and for a greatvariety of other urposes which will readily suggest themse ves. itsconstruction is simple and inexpensive, and it may, as stated, besupplied in a great variety of forms adapted to various purposes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A shelf or supporting device of wire netting having downturned sideanges and lon gitudinal corrugations terminating short of said sideflanges.

2. A shelf or supporting device of wire netting having downturned sideflanges and longitudinal corrugations terminating short of said sideflanges, and a bail pivotally connected to such shelf or supportingdevice at a point near one of said flanges.

3. A longitudinal corrugated supporting shelf of wire netting havingtransverse downturned supporting flanges, and a supporting bailpivotally connected therewith.

4. A shelf or supporting device of wire netting having a downturnedflange at its outer side to engage the outer side wall of a sink, and asupporting bail pivotally connected to said shelf or supporting deviceand adapted to be placed over the spigots above the inner side of thesink to support the inner 'side of said shelf or supporting device andsuspend the same from said spigots.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

S SPENCER ECCLESTON.

Witnesses:

H. A. EATON, WV. R. HUMHRY.

